drost

See also: Drost and drôt

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (archaic) drossaard

Etymology

From Middle Dutch drutsate (“steward”), from a Common Germanic compound of Proto-Germanic *druhtiz (“troop”) and a derivative of Proto-Germanic *satjaną (“set”). Cognate with German Drost and Truchsess, Old Norse dróttseti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɔst/

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• Hyphenation: drost
• Rhymes: -ɔst

Noun

drost m (plural drosten, diminutive drostje n)

1. (feudal title) reeve, steward

Derived terms

• landdrost

Anagrams

• dorst

Welsh

Etymology

From drost-, the stem of inflected personal forms of dros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drɔsd/, [drɔst]

Preposition

drost (triggers soft mutation)

1. (North Wales, colloquial) Alternative form of dros